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Webster 1913 Edition


Ancientry

An′cient-ry

,
Noun.
1.
Antiquity; what is ancient.
They contain not word of
ancientry
.
West.
2.
Old age; also, old people.
[R.]
Wronging the
ancientry
.
Shakespeare
3.
Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.
A gentleman of more
ancientry
than estate.
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ancientry

AN'CIENTRY

,
Noun.
Dignity of birth; the honor of ancient lineage.